crank pulley notch?

Okay guys, first off thank you for all your help. The truck is close to running, I've been working on it now and then. Still struggling with the timing. My question is...

I know there should be two painted marks on the crank pulley. I have none. I have one notch. So to set the crank at TDC do I align with notch at 12 oclock or with 0

Set to 0

That is exactly what I did. Then I rolled it to 6 BTDC. So according to all that my timing should now be set correctly. Someone also told me that with all the fuel I could have fouled my plugs, and also have too much fuel on the top of the pistons and they may need to be dried out. Its no longer backfiring and sounds way better jt still just wont start. So I guess I need to pull out my weber paperwork and fine tune it and then just go from there. Thanks for the help, hopefully I can get it figured out, I've got too much money in new parts to give up and once I get it running it should be a great truck!

If too much fuel in there, can crank without touching the gas pedal for a while, or just wait.

In a no-start situation where the starter spins the engine at normal speed, I like to use aerosol starting fluid sprayed into the air cleaner to help indicate whether the issue is fuel related or spark related.

Another good tool is an inline spark checker (under $10) which goes inline between distributor and spark plug, and lights up when that plugs fires. Of course one can insert a bolt or spark plug into the plug wire end and either hold that 1/8 inch away from engine metal to see spark (or ground the spark plug itself in that holder to engine metal and look for spark jumping across the spark plug gap as someone cranks the engine.

If you have compression at the right time, spark at the right time, and fuel, it should start/run somewhat. Your timing belt/cam timing should take care of the compression end. So isolate whether spark or fuel, post back. Don't just throw other parts at it, time to do real troubleshooting.

I definitely am getting spark, I've checked it with a screwdriver lol... every ignition component from the switch all the way to the icm and pick up coil is brand new. Thats why I feel I may have fouled the plugs out with too much fuel. The carb and fuel pump are new as well. Anything fuel and spark related are new I think its just a matter of getting it all fine tuned and dialed in. Its just a little difficult for me. I'm not a mechanic just a painter.

Re-check the spark plug wires and crank it up !!!




My grandfather was a painter (and not the Michelango type); he painted houses for a living. I'm not very good at painting (either trucks or houses) but when I'm always reminded that he did this for a living....

So a friend of mine came over and offered some help working on the truck. And I got it to crank and run on its own for about ten seconds four times in a row... but when I hit the gas pedal it floods out and gas literally shoots out the top of the carburetor. Now the weber is new, and barely been adjusted. I have a fuel pressure regulator that is set at 3 psi. The notch onmy crank pulley is on the T mark on my timing cover, the 1 on my cam gear straight up, after all the cranking these maekmarks still align so my belt isnt slipping... with my buddy there we bith looked at the plug sparking and its firing consistently, but the spark looked weak... the first spark was nice and bright white/blue but after that they looked yellow which I dont think is a very high temp spark... so I don't know if I have way too much fuel, or if the spark isn't hot enough to ignite it. We ohmed the coil to see if it was weak but it tested within spec. My dad still thinks its a timing issue because be swears that crank notch has to be at 12 oclock (whereas on the T its at like 1 oclock). But I'm listening to the guys that have owned these trucks and have way more experience working on them (you guys lol). Everything looks like it should be correct, other than the fuel spraying out the top of the carb. It starts and runs (roughly but on its own) when I crank it without hitting the gas pedal, but as soon as I hit the gas it floods or chokes out and thats when it spits the fuel out... any ideas would be greatly appreciated and again I thank everyone for yalls help. I couldn't even have made it this far without this website so thank you for that.